Intellectual property (IP) is one of your most valuable business assets. Whether you are launching a new brand, developing innovative products, creating original content, or expanding into new markets, protecting your IP is essential.
We advise businesses, entrepreneurs and creators on all aspects of intellectual property law under English law.
Trade marks
Your brand is your identity. We help clients secure and protect their trade marks in the UK and internationally.
Our services include:
- Advising on trade mark availability and registrability
- Conducting clearance searches
- Filing and prosecuting UK trade mark applications
- Managing international trade mark registrations
- Responding to examination reports and objections
- Handling opposition and cancellation proceedings
- Advising on trade mark infringement and enforcement
- Drafting and negotiating trade mark licences and assignments.
We work with you to develop a trade mark strategy that aligns with your commercial goals and protects your brand for the long term.
Copyright
Copyright protects original works such as written content, software, designs, music, artwork, photography and other creative outputs.
We advise on:
- Ownership and subsistence of copyright
- Protecting copyright in commercial works
- Drafting copyright assignments and licences
- Software and digital content protection
- Infringement claims and enforcement
- Online content protection and misuse.
We help businesses ensure that copyright created by employees, contractors and collaborators are properly secured and documented.
IP strategy and commercial advice
Effective intellectual property protection goes beyond registration.
We advise clients on:
- Developing comprehensive IP protection strategies
- Structuring IP ownership within businesses
- IP considerations in commercial contracts
- IP due diligence in corporate transactions
- Risk management and infringement avoidance
- Monetising intellectual property assets.
Our advice is always grounded and tailored to your business sector and stage of growth.
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